Service point channel set

A service point channel set groups channels within a single service point for the purposes of calculations, reporting, and analysis.

Various engineering units and reports depend upon built-in calculations in order to generate the desired output. These calculations are often based upon data from two or more data channels. It is necessary to group the required data channels in sets so the calculations that depend on them can be run correctly.

The available service point channel sets are:

  • EU (Engineering Unit) Set. Groups interval channels so that they can appear on the same report.

  • kQ Set. Groups channels that allow for a conversion from kVAR to kQh and back again.

  • KVA Set. Groups at least two channels to do a power triangle conversion:

    • KW. Actual or working power.

    • KVAR. Reactive power.

    • KVA. Vectorial summation of KW and KVAR, known as apparent power.

    • PF. Ratio of working power to apparent power. (PF = KW / KVA)

  • Losses Set. Groups channels used in loss calculations as well as resultant channels, such as Losses and Net After Losses.

  • Meter Readings Set. Groups an interval channel with a register channel that will hold the associated meter readings.

  • Non-Recording KVARH Reading Set. Groups non-recording KVARH reading sets for MV90 HHF (hand held file) file import process.

  • Price Link. Groups channels with meter linked node groups that contain real time pricing (RTP) service points.

  • Production Link. Groups channels with production service points linked to Premises.

  • Redundant Channel Set. Groups channels that are used for redundant metering. For example, the Check Meter estimation routine uses the redundant channel set to calculate estimated reads for another channel of that service point.

  • Selected Customers. Groups channels with user selected customers. This service point channel set continues from session to session.

  • TOU (Time of Use) Set. Groups one interval channel with a set of register channels that represent each of the TOU "buckets" (bins) defined by the TOU schedule.

  • TOU Readings Set. Connects the Interval channel with the TOU registers. Specify the type as TOU Read and select the Time Of Use Definition ID, which is the TOU Schedule ID. The blocks are assigned based on the defined UOM End Use in the TOU schedule and the UOM of the register channel.

  • Weather Link. Groups channels that contain production service points linked to weather stations.

Managing Service Point Channel Sets